Posted on 01/05/2010 1:02:37 PM PST by SmithL
Just returned a vmail that "Ralph Nader would like to speak with you." (Oh, go ahead, the taunt is too easy: "Man, he MUST be bored.") Truth is, Nader was pushing a book by a local dude, but more on that some other time. We were itching to ask the first question on your mind. Ralph, with four prez runs under your belt, are you done running for public office?
"It's too early to say," Nader told The Chronicle.
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On the health care package the House and Senate are trying to forge: "It's very weak and deferred. The main thrust of the bill -- to insure the uninsured -- doesn't kick in for four years, with minor exceptions."
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Are there any positives in the package?
"You can say that 30 million will be covered...after 180,000 die after four years."
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Financial reform legislation:
"It touched every base -- thin as ice. So it touched the ratings industry -- and didn't do much at all. It didn't do beans on derivatives. (Former Fed chair Paul) Volcker thinks it's absurd."
On the Tea Party Movement:
"There's nothing there. These are people who have other grievances other than the health issue. They're pro-NRA, pro-life, all that, and they're brought in under another umbrella."
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On Obama's first year:
"He's a corporatist. Everything I predicted a year ago has turned out worse. But he's gone overboard in the sense that he's turned his back on the liberal and progressive constituency that elected him."...
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Ralph Nader should just go away and take Obama and company with him.
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